This Week In NFTs
gm frens, welcome to the latest This Week In NFTs. I normally post my weekly NFT updates via threads on my Twitter account, but lately Twitter thinks my threads are spam due to the amount of tweets I put into my threads. I’m trying out a newsletter format for the first time and will try to post my usual threads again soon. Let me know your thoughts on the new format. Hope you enjoy!
Top 10 NFT News of the week
1. Steph Curry wears Bored Ape Yacht Club hoodie at a NBA playoffs media press conference
2. Mirror introduces Writing NFTs
3. Seth Green's Bored Ape that was set to star in its own animated show was stolen
4. GameStop is bringing Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Immutable X to the GameStop NFT marketplace. This includes access to millions of world-class gaming assets with 100% gas-free minting and trading to users.
5. The CEO of Tag Heuer buys a Bored Ape
6. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks about how integrating NFTs on YouTube will benefit creators
7. Magic Johnson partners with NBA Topshot to release NFTs
8. Singapore's Public Pension Fund, which has around $360 billion in assets, is recommending NFTs as part of a diversified portfolio
9. My Crypto Boy by Salem Ilese raised 86.4 ETH ($169,126) for charity
10. The new season of Love Death + Robots on Netflix comes with NFTs
Stats
OpenSea has done $2.8 billion volume in May
OpenSea sold over 1.7 million NFTs in May
OpenSea had over 169K traders this week
There was $197 million NFT volume on Ethereum this week
GoblinTownNFT did over $20 million in sales volume this week
NFT News
eBay drops its first NFT collection starting with collectibles from Wayne Gretzky
Jen Stark’s artwork was included in the @NBAxNFT collection for The Finals
The NFL & Mythical Games launch Play and Own NFT game
Beeple’s Twitter account was hacked
OpenSea rolls out refresh to Profile and Collections pages
Axie Infinity deploys new Origin updates
Roblox is looking into wrapping digital items into NFTs
Callaway Golf partners with LinksDAO
GM NFTs on RugRadio is now on YouTube
Defaced Studio shows off RTFKT Space Drip x Nike Air Force 1
LooksRare adds new search functionality
NY Times releases article on the RTFKT NFT sale
Coinbase NFT announces Collection Editing
Rarible to access gasless and carbon neutral gaming NFTs via Immutable X
OpenSea now supports Lens Profile Pictures
Lazy Lions Lazy Cubs sell out
Coopahtroopa drops new This Week in Music NFTs
Atari announces AtariX web3 initiative
Goblintown NFTs goes live
Star Wars lightsabers from the Skywalker Saga Series 1 dropped on 5/26
William Peaster releases the 73rd Metaversal
RTFKT Space Drip redemption goes live
The CatBlox Studios x PUMA Capsule Collection launches
ZORA releases Editions Tool Updates
Mint Square announces you can now mint and view Audio, Video, & 3D NFTs
Wilder World is now verified on OpenSea
Snoop Dogg buys a rektguy by @osf_nft
Steven Schill shows off awesome Mutant Ape tat
Surreal Apes Surreal Mintpasses are redeemable for Surreal Kodas
Deca Octagon L3 goes live
Serotonin releases Welcome to Web 2.5 report
Cryptovoxels launches Architect Island
Chimpers NFT Marketplace powered by Reservoir is now live
Redlion News releases Gazette #89
SudoSwap sudoAMM public release is near
Croissant drops thread on the different file extensions for NFTs
Guild Of Guardians introduce Dungeon Diaries
lvcidia by fvckrender goes live
Gabriel Haines releases video from Permissionless
Drifter Shoots was featured on OpenSea’s photography homepage
Chain Runners XR launches next week
Known Origin is reopening artists applications on 6/9
Coinbase NFT spotlights @lethabohuma
NFT Innovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #36
#2 Indigo Blue by @camila_artwork drops on SuperRare
CoinDesk releases How the Metaverse Could Be a Game-Changer for NFT Gaming
Sales of the week
Bharat Krymo acquires Noun 316 for 215 ETH
Bored Ape #5177 sold for 250 ETH
CryptoPunk #7144 sold for 200 ETH
Bored Ape #2664 sold for 199.99 ETH
Otherdeed for Otherside #98553 sold for 179 ETH
Artblocks Fidenza #723 sold for 175 ETH
STARMASTER TROOPER E-VII sold for 100 ETH
c l a i r e by @ClaireSilver12 sold to @batsoupyum for 52.69 ETH
Podcasts of the week
Delphi Podcast Metaverse Musings w/ @pierskicks @blakeir
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